End of Life is a Blind Spot for Open-Source Packages in Your Supply Chain

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0530

By the time you discover a dependency is abandoned, it’s usually already a liability. Here’s why EOL detection can’t be a metadata lookup and what to do instead.

Your CI/CD pipeline is scanning for vulnerabilities. Your SCA tool is checking licenses. Your SBOM is up to date. But there’s a question none of those tools are consistently answering:

Is this open-source package still being maintained and if not, when did it stop?

Software Supply Chain Intelligence: Not Just an Inventory

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0530

Software Supply Chain Security

Most conversations about software supply chain security start and end with one question: do you have an SBOM?

That is the wrong question.

An SBOM Software Bill of Materials is, at its core, a structured list of components, libraries, and dependencies that make up a software product. For years, the industry treated possession of this list as a security milestone. Regulatory frameworks reinforce this narrative: produce an SBOM, share it with your customer, and check the compliance box.

Vulnerability-Management on IntelliXBOM

End of Life is a Blind Spot for Open-Source Packages in Your Supply Chain

Software Supply Chain Intelligence: Not Just an Inventory